RentSpree Raises $8 Million in Series A Funding to Enhance Collaboration Between Renters, Agents, and Owners

Funding validates recent progress and significant market opportunity, enabling RentSpree to create the first platform allowing multiple parties to cooperate on a rental transaction. RentSpree raises $8 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by 645 Ventures and additional investors including Green Visor Capital, and Vesta Ventures. RentSpree will use the investment to enhance its API-first integration capabilities and to provide the definitive platform for renters, agents,

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Illinois, Florida and New Jersey Dominate Markets Most at Risk from Damage Related to Coronavirus Pandemic

Chicago Area and East Coast States Remain More Exposed to Pandemic’s Impact During Second Quarter of 2021; Most Vulnerable Areas Are More Scattered Around Nation Than in Prior Quarter; Western States Continue to Have Most Favorable Market Conditions ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, released its second-quarter 2021 Coronavirus Report spotlighting county-level housing markets around the United States that are more or less vulnerable to the impact of the ongoing

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U.S. Properties with Foreclosure Filings in First Six Months of 2021 Hit All-Time Low of 65,082

Foreclosure Rates Highest in Delaware, Illinois, and Florida; Only 5 Greater Populated Metros Saw an Annual Increase in Foreclosure Filings; Q2 Foreclosure Activity Below Pre-Recession Levels in 92 Percent of Metros ATTOM, licensor of the nation’s most comprehensive foreclosure data and parent company to RealtyTrac (www.realtytrac.com), the largest online marketplace for foreclosure and distressed properties, released its Midyear 2021 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 65,082 U.S.

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Realtor.com® June Rental Report: Rents Surge to New Highs Nationwide

The U.S. median rental price increased 8.1% year-over-year to a median of $1,575 – Rental prices reach new highs in 44 of the largest 50 markets, with Riverside, CA, Memphis, TN, Tampa and Phoenix posting year-over-year gains above 20% – Studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom rents all increased over June 2020, with two-bedroom units seeing the biggest uptick at 10.2% – The U.S. median rent is now $118 more than it

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Turning the Corner in April: CoreLogic Reports First Annual Decrease in US Overall Delinquency Rate Since March 2020

All stages of delinquency except for the serious delinquency rate improved over the prior year, signaling improved financial health for borrowers CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider,  released its monthly Loan Performance Insights Report for April 2021. For the month of April, 4.7% of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure), representing a

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LendingHome Hires New CFO and CMO to Help Drive Continued Growth

New additions bring an abundance of knowledge and expertise from the areas of finance, technology and real estate. Bruce Schuman, formerly with Intel Capital, takes over as LendingHome’s chief financial officer. Cherie Yu, formerly with Lyft and Google, is named chief marketing officer. Roberta Sydney joins the board of directors as an independent director following a successful 30-year career in real estate. LendingHome, one of the nation’s largest lenders to

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